AKCJ

Would be extremely Cooper to play Fatawu on the left and Ayew on the right.

Newcastle play the song that relates to the chant for their goalscorer/best player at the end of the game. We did it a few times last season with Voulez Vous for Fatawu, Waka-Waka for Daka or Wonderwall for KDH. Think it's a good thing. But not for goal music.

Hermansen Ricardo Faes Okoli Kristiansen Winks Ndidi Fatawu Buonanotte Mavididi Vardy

In Cricket the Umpire only signals what the TV Umpire tells him to do. Which is essentially what i'm suggesting happens in football. We could all see it wasn't a penalty. Didn't need the referee to waste time going over to the screen when the VAR should just be able to tell him that actually the keeper got the ball and he needs to reverse his decision. There's no reason to go to the screen in those instances. It's all a performative "look at me".

So we can't question this?

Why? The VAR is a fully qualified referee.

Annoys me that the VAR can't just tell him you've made an obvious error, restart play from a drop ball. Never a pen and we have to watch this pantomime of the referee going to the screen. What is the point?

Same for me but with Kristiansen.

Justin moves over to the left and it takes 2 minutes before the winger skins him and gets a shot on target. Absolutely laughable that he's playing ahead of Ricardo.

Hermansen Faes Okoli Justin Fatawu Ndidi Winks Mavididi Buonanotte El Khannous Vardy I think.

10 minutes in and it's the exact same lack of intensity. Just waddling about all over the pitch. Nobody looks like they want to be there.

Well at least he'll be sacked tonight....right?

He'll probably score tonight now but I remember being so jealous that Leeds signed Piroe last summer. He is shite

Dirty Leeds vs Harry Souttar's Sheffield United. Should be a good watch.

If you want to see 7000 people stood up behind a goal then wait for the 85th minute in the Forest game. Family stand will all be stood.

Has there been any confirmation that Ayew is more often played because he's “better defensively”? Fatawu is as mad as a hatter. He's capable of the absolute sublime and the ridiculous. I think that unpredictability is why Cooper seems to favour Ayew. I would say that Fatawu requires constant attention from a coach in game whereas Ayew is probably less chaotic and more experienced at handling situations individually. I personally would start Fatawu over Ayew and have Ayew coming off the bench to hold onto points. I think that focuses on both of their strengths. Take the Bournemouth game for instance. I think we gain more from having Fatawu help establish a lead in the game but then to have a wily old fox like Ayew coming off the bench to help take the pressure off the team. I think it’s pretty undeniable that he’s excellent at relieving pressure, holding the ball up and winning fouls.

The issue for me is that he was working at the club for 25 years and was unceremoniously dumped for something he didn't have total control over. All in line with KPFC's cult over family approach.

Clearly should have beaten Palace.

The England job would be a big pay increase for Howe.

I don't agree with national teams having foreign managers but if we were to get one then Tuchel is pretty much ideal.

Incredible to force a result on this pitch.

Over the course of 7 games? Yeah, it's relatively common to over or underperform expected goals. But over the course of a season they generally even out. But aside from that, the obvious underperformance we're seeing with our own eyes is enough to get rid of Cooper. The stats are just backing up what we're all seeing.

Because there has only been 7 league games. The underlying numbers suggests that if we continue to play as we are we won't continue to get points in games where we've been outplayed.

I swear this happened a couple of weeks ago?